Idrizovo
Encyclopedia
Idrizovo is a community in the outskirts of the city of Skopje
in the Republic of Macedonia
.
With the establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
following the Second World War, a internment camp was built in the area wherein political prisoner
s could be detained. Today, the prison remains and serves as one of the largest correctional facilities in the country.
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
in the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
.
With the establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
following the Second World War, a internment camp was built in the area wherein political prisoner
Political prisoner
According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, a political prisoner is ‘someone who is in prison because they have opposed or criticized the government of their own country’....
s could be detained. Today, the prison remains and serves as one of the largest correctional facilities in the country.